If you can’t be with the one you love, honey, love the one you’re with.
Aug
30
Dreams From My Father
Musings on the Yahrzeit of My Father’s Death
Today is my father’s yahrzeit. Like many Yiddish words, this one conjures up much more than its dictionary definition. The strict definition is the anniversary of the death of a close family member, when we Jews customarily light a memorial candle and recite the mourners’…READ MORE »
Jul
08
Passing The Torch Hand to Hand
Ballet Lessons for Real Life
Teaching has enormous appeal to Boomers as an antidote to careers that have come to feel soul-less. In Changing Lanes, I wrote about conducting an unscientific poll, asking male friends in their fifties and sixties what they might have been but for the pressure to…READ MORE »
Apr
23
Aiming Wall Street Brains at Skid Row
Diamonds on the soles of her shoes.
OK, let’s get it out of our system. All the pent up rage against the finance industry for impoverishing the country, not to mention our own individual portfolios and retirement accounts.Retirement??? Ha! Remember when your biggest concern was what you would do with your leisure…READ MORE »
Mar
16
Attacking the job market in a recession
Networking on steroids
The job market is a scary place right now. Unemployment and uncertainty about the economy have us all feeling anxious, even if we’re among the lucky ones who are still working in well-paying jobs. Not an ideal time for changing lanes, you might say. At…READ MORE »
Feb
02
Is it safe to go outside?
If I hold my breath long enough….
OK, I’ll admit it…I’m officially freaked out. My current condition started in September as a sense of disgust and fear, ever growing as a lump in the back of my throat. How could our financial system be collapsing? How could it behave like a fallen…READ MORE »
Jan
12
Reclaiming Your Life After a Broadside Collision
Sometimes You Gotta Go
Some people change lanes to launch a new career at midlife. Some change lanes to give back to their community for the blessings they’ve received. But others change lanes to survive.Survival is a primal motivator. Thankfully, most of us are not pushed to change our…READ MORE »
Dec
22
Shoot me before I volunteer again!
My Six-Word Memoir.
Back in May, Susan posted a blog entitled My Six Word Memoir which was inspired by a funny piece she had heard on NPR. They were reporting on a project in which the editors of the storytelling magazine, SMITH, challenged its readers to write their life…READ MORE »
Nov
24
Dump the Duty Demon
You changed my life!
Are you the “responsible one” in your family? The one everyone counts on to drop everything and do what’s needed for an ailing parent or child. The one who was expected to “be good”, study hard, work harder, and be there for everyone else?Chances are,…READ MORE »
Nov
17
Taking Chances with your Community
Rumor has it.....
When I retired, as most people know, I headed up to the mountains of Northwest Colorado. I had grown up in a small town in rural Delaware and was anxious to return to my simpler roots after living my entire adult life in Washington D.C.,…READ MORE »
Nov
10
Architects of Change
Women take the lead
It had been several years since I attended the Women’s Conference (officially, The California Governor and First Lady’s Conference on Women), so I accepted an invitation to go as a guest of my friend, Annie Gilbar, Editor in Chief of the new Los Angeles Times Magazine, which…READ MORE »
